I've just been having a lot of fun creating some cool Illustrator brushes. Repeating pattern brushes can be a pain to make but when you get it right it is a powerful tool to have in your toolbox. The more I do, the more I learn. I also did a few tutorials on realistic grass and that gave me some inspiration to try my hand at it. I just love the versatility that CS4 gives me now. I'm also learning how much I don't know about Corel X4. It's funny considering I first started learning vector art on Corel 3.0. I've pretty much forgotten how to do anything in Corel. It's a great program but I've been assimilated to Illustrator's keyboard shortcuts and Corel's are completely different.

I had a blast creating my latest work for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster [link] I just get a kick out of farting around with designs until I get something that makes me smile.

Speaking of making me smile, last month I was contacted by Vanity Fair UK. They wanted to know if I was the artist that created the Counterfeit President art [link] At first I thought it was a spam email but it turns out they wanted me to do some currency art for their August issue. I just completed work on it last week and can't wait till I can post the art I did for them.